Grateful for silver linings, one of which is how family and friends are gathering around us in prayer and with offers of support. Cancer is a lot of hard things. It is already proving to be a lot of connecting with loved ones and strengthening of relationships and that is so, so good.
PRAYER REQUESTS
PRAYER REQUESTS
- Peace for Shawn and I, for Kyle and Miranda and Braden and Connor, for our parents and siblings and nieces and nephews and inner circle friends watching and hurting as we go through this
- that God would keep soft our children's hearts toward Him through all the emotions of this hard journey
- strength and stamina; physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually
- that the cancer shrinks to gone, gone, gone!
- gentle side effects to this second round of chemo
- family unity, harmony, love, strength, joy, happiness
- anything else you feel God puts on your heart
- Peace for Shawn and I, for Kyle and Miranda and Braden and Connor, for our parents and siblings and nieces and nephews and inner circle friends watching and hurting as we go through this
- that God would keep soft our children's hearts toward Him through all the emotions of this hard journey
- strength and stamina; physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually
- that the cancer shrinks to gone, gone, gone!
- gentle side effects to this second round of chemo
- family unity, harmony, love, strength, joy, happiness
- anything else you feel God puts on your heart
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Post-transfusion and feeling fine!
Good Morning!
Wow, feeling no shortness of breath in my house at all! Haven't walked a marathon or tried to run laps, but walked from my bed to bathroom to downstairs to the kitchen to get cereal and milk and to the table with no troubles at all!!! Miraculous! Praising God for sure!!!! It has been a long week and longer since I could do all that without collapsing into a chair or onto the couch! Wow! So awesmoe!!! Thank you Lord!
I fell asleep on the couch at 7:00pm last night, at 8:00pm made it up to bed to watch Am Idol with Miranda (it's been our thing and I love having a weekly scheduled time with her!), and I fell asleep for the night... I loved knowing she was just there with me, she could have watched it downstairs on the better tv, but she chose me. Isn't that what we all want? To be chosen? Yes! God chose us all long, long ago. Very awesome! You, me, us, chosen. I love that! Ramble. [smile]
Am still feeling weak, and that is to be expected as it takes up to three days for that new blood to carry oxygen to all my organs and get all my 2000 parts nourished. Oh, and the heartburn. Yesterday was a heartburn-y day and then I pushed it with dinner and paid for it all night. I slept well, but each time I woke up the burn was so incredible I was wimpering. Shawn kept me medicated but nothing really cut it to gone. Ugh. Took it easy for breakfast, back to R1ce Krsp!es for this Momma today. Gonna let my gut rest, gonna try and drink lots because it's good for my hemoglobin to perk itself up by me keeping hydrated, and gonna rest cuz that's what everyone has ordered! [smile]
I am just so ... tickled pink... to feel no shortness of breath! What a huge blessing in this day!
May your day be great!
Kristin
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Kristin, that's just awesome! Your attitude is such a blessing to so many! Praying you have smooth sailing today and always!
ReplyDeleteyou make me cry with your joy. your wisdom. your everything.
ReplyDeletegads, totally sobbing here. praying all the while. thank you, Jesus, for kristin. thank you for everything she is, thank you for carrying her, thank you for the work she is allowing you to do in her and through her. i ask that you continue to fill her with your joy and peace and let her know that she is SO loved. so very, very loved. God, bless her. (wish I could hug you - I can't wait to see you. someday soon. bless you, sweet friend!) xoxo
Yeh! the new blood is doing its thing! we were praying for you yesterday - was a long day. hope the heart burn subsides very soon. hugs too. Devana
ReplyDeleteSo very thankful (beyond words) that the effects of the new blood is being felt right away! Hooray for refreshed energy and the ability to move around!!! Will continue to pray for that nasty heartburn pain.. And that the new blood gets to your 2000 parts super fast!!
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